Chantrey Vellacott DFK

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Russell Square House
10 /12 Russell Square
London
WC1B 5LF
Tel: 020 7509 9000
Fax: 020 7436 8884

Nick Morgan
Reza Motazedi

charities@cvdfk.com
www.cvdfk.com/charities

Company background

Chantrey Vellacott DFK is a top 20 firm of chartered accountants, tracing its roots back over 200 years to 1788. The firm has 50 partners in 7 offices and some 305 staff.

We specialise in advising charities and other organisations in the not-for-profit sector and work with a wide range of charities from small growing organisations to some of the best-known charities in the UK.

Current client list

200+ Charity clients including:

· Carers UK
· Comic Relief
· CIPFA
· Child Bereavement Trust
· The College of Law
· Marie Stopes International
· Leukaemia Research Fund
· The Lords Taverners
· Teacher Support Network
· CIPA
· RAF Association

Other offices

Brighton & Hove, Croydon, Northampton, Leicester, Reading, Watford

Our Approach

We aim to provide an excellent service with special emphasis on personal contact and value for money; we are committed to providing constructive advice.

We co-ordinate our approach to the sector through a multidisciplinary Charities Group that is responsible for developing our services to clients and keeping them informed of opportunities and changes in the sector. The Group comprises partners and managers from all principal service departments. Group members act for commercial clients as well as charities, ensuring that the advice they provide is based on the widest experience.

Services

We offer a comprehensive range of Audit, Accounting, Taxation and Advisory services to voluntary organisations and their trustees. Our services include:

· Organisation and strategy advice
· External audit and accountancy
· Advice on accounts presentation and the Charities SORP
· Risk management and internal audit
· Corporate governance, including trustee training
· Fraud prevention - including internet fraud and identity theft
· Tax planning and advice
· VAT
· Use of trading subsidiaries
· Fundraising*
· Negotiations with relevant authorities
· Employee benefits
· Confidential investigations
· Budgeting
· Information systems
· Ecommerce
· Recruitment and training

*We have an alliance with a specialist agency, which offers fundraising and marketing services to the charity sector.